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Some scenes from the #AugustaME #HandsOff rally (not my images -- from the Kennebec Journal)

by Hannah Kaufman, Kennebec Journal

AUGUSTA — "By about 2:20 p.m., the protest in Augusta had effectively ended, but for a smaller group, the march continued, with some making their third and fourth laps around the block.
Organizers had intended the march to take place on the sidewalk, but the width of Capitol Street was filled with a throng of protesters shortly before 2 p.m.

"Vivian Myers-Jones, a protester from New Brunswick, Canada, said an organizer estimated 3,000 people were at the protest during its peak.

"Several students from Bates College in Lewiston said they came to Augusta to protest in support of #Palestine. One student, Dylan, said action on the Israel-Hamas war is overdue.

"'We’ve been seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes for years now, and it’s overdue that people are doing something,' he said. 'We’ve been trying to make change, and I think some people are being shocked into action now, which is good to see.'

"Another student, Robert, said it’s important to exercise the right to protest.
'We’re fighting to continue fighting — about Palestine, about everything that’s going on in this country,' he said.
It’s important that we come together now.'"

Original article:
pressherald.com/2025/04/05/liv

Archived version:
archive.md/k03Q5#selection-201
#MaineResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #EatElon #FreePalestine #HandsOffOurRights #NoDOGE #FASCISTS #NoTaxBreaksForTheRich #RobberBarons #DeportOligarchs #ImpeachImperialImbeciles

Hands Off protest in downtown Chicago draws thousands criticizing Trump's policies
Also held in the suburbs and across the country, the demonstrations took aim at the administration’s recent actions, including layoffs of federal workers, cuts in funding for social services and research, and attempts to roll back protections for transgender people.

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025

Hundreds of protesters march in downtown Chicago as part of the Hands Off protest, one of many held across the country on Saturday to protest the Trump administration's policies.
Chicago Sun-Times · Hands Off protest in downtown Chicago draws thousands criticizing Trump's policiesAlso held in the suburbs and across the country, the demonstrations are taking aim at the administration's recent actions, including layoffs of federal workers, cuts in funding for social services and removal of protections for transgender people.

FUCK YEAH! #CommonGround! We're all getting screwed by the #oligarchy

'Stand up for us!' #Republican shouted down as he defends #DOGE cuts at town hall

by Matthew Chapman, February 20, 2025

"Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) tried to tout massive federal spending cuts proposed by tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency task force at a town hall in his heavily Republican district on Thursday evening — and attendees let him have it."

rawstory.com/rich-mccormick/
#KingTrump #TrumptyDumpty #NoDOGE #DOGECityFalls #TheKingHasNoTrousers #USPol #RabbleRabble #LetThemHaveIt #LetThemEatCake

Raw Story · 'Stand up for us!' Republican shouted down as he defends DOGE cuts at town hallBy Matthew Chapman